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Example 50-162
Ijénie ka pòté mango ba Ijenn.
Ijénie
Eugénie
ka
prog
pòté
bring
mango
mango
ba
to
Ijenn.
Eugène
Eugénie is bringing the mangos to Eugène.
French:
Eugénie apporte des mangues à Eugène.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Ludwig 1996
: 282ff.
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
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